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Cat Person
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bookshelves: 2019, female-author, female-protagonist, american, read-in-english, short-stories, new-yorker-fiction, all-kinds-of-love
Mar 30, 2019
bookshelves: 2019, female-author, female-protagonist, american, read-in-english, short-stories, new-yorker-fiction, all-kinds-of-love
So, I finally got to reading this short story that has been widely talked about since its publication, which - to my horror - was back in 2017 (seriously, how does time fly so quickly?)
This is an example of a short story that works, at least for me. It is a contained piece of writing and doesn't feel like an excerpt from a longer piece.
As for the contents - I'm sure most women have been in a situation strongly resembling the one Margot got herself into in this story. I am of an opinion that both main characters are not behaving their best but it only makes it more realistic. People are very flawed animals. Everything happening here is a commentary on how women and men behave within the context of the society they grow up in, how we are all conditioned to certain attitudes and behaviors and how little both genders know how to interact with one another. I think there needs to be quite a significant culture shift to change all this. But then, we'll probably find a new way to mess everything up because that's just how humans are.
This is an example of a short story that works, at least for me. It is a contained piece of writing and doesn't feel like an excerpt from a longer piece.
As for the contents - I'm sure most women have been in a situation strongly resembling the one Margot got herself into in this story. I am of an opinion that both main characters are not behaving their best but it only makes it more realistic. People are very flawed animals. Everything happening here is a commentary on how women and men behave within the context of the society they grow up in, how we are all conditioned to certain attitudes and behaviors and how little both genders know how to interact with one another. I think there needs to be quite a significant culture shift to change all this. But then, we'll probably find a new way to mess everything up because that's just how humans are.
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